Few of the modern dealers in such matters can write you such a stirring tale of men's wrongs and hates and loves and warlike deeds, evil and good, as are here set down, and few can touch the blood and passion stained figure of the hireling freelance of the Middle Ages with such a saving grace of chivalry and high romance. View Full Article in Timesmachine »

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A version of this archives appears in print on July 16, 1904, on Page SATURDAY487 of the New York edition with the headline: The Real Thing in Romance.; BRAKESPEARE; or, The Fortunes of a Free Lance. By George A. Lawrence, 12mo. Pp. 541. New York: F.M. Buckles & Co. $1. Order Reprints|Today's Paper|Subscribe